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CONTENTS LOT 6SKY INSTITUTEWETLANDS HOUSEVIKING GAME THUNDERDOMEDIGITAL CEMENTHILL HOUSINGDAM[N] THE CHICAGO RIVERDETOXIFICATION TOWERSDANCE STUDIO

CRITIC: Renee ChowSITE: Tianjin, China

Some of the most successful urban spaces in Tianjin are those which were never explicitly set aside for their present use; excess sidewalk becomes walk-up retail, a partitioned segment of a courtyard becomes a dwelling. Lot 6 is a proposed redevelopment that hopes to accomodate such urban ‘happenings’ while offering a new, smarter and more ecologically sensitive overall building massing.

Lot 6 is a field condition generated by an algorithm. The rules of this algorithm guide self-organization of housing units for distributed density and southern sun exposure.

LOT 6

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: [1] model from bristol paper [2] massing algorithm alternatives, best fit result outlined, dashed [3] massing algorithm rules

Lot 6 is one of 12 segments of a 5 block section of Wudadao studied by our studio. Wudadao, literally ‘five big roads’, is a district of Tianjin that is located in what was once the heart of the British concession: a segment of the city ceded to the British in 1860. During their posession of this part of the city, parts of Wudadao were rebuilt in the image of Great Britain.

Today, Wudadao is caught between rapid high-rise development from without and aggressive historic preservation from within. The 5 blocks studied by our studio are on this contested territory. One block north, massive tower blocks rise. Two blocks south, the streets are lined with buildings under historic protection.

Our studio sought to create a smooth transition from the comparative low density of Wudadao to the ever increasing density of the nearby CBD.

LOT 6: SITE

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[1] block group urban overlay diagram[2] map of Wudadao[3] historic map of Tianjin showing the various concessions[4] aerial view of Wudadao

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LOT 6: SITE

LOT 6: CONFIGURATION

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s t a r t e r f a m i l y u n i t

CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT:

[1] street-edge section[2] site plan, elevated inter-block connection shown gray[3] elevation from south-east street edge[4] cross section[5] unit axonometric diagrams

SKY INSTITUTECRITIC: William TilsonSITE: Calhoun County, Florida

The Sky Institute is a proposed renewable energy research institute in Florida. The building works as a formal and programmatic bridge between woods and field.

The building is comprised of a long, low slung laboratory building and a series of modular residences for visiting researchers and educators.

The project forms a gateway to an extensive prairie and wetland. It straddles the line between a patch of conserved old growth woods and replanted scrub pine, meticulously depicted in the model.

A. perspective gardenB. visitor housingC. visitor gardensD. wetland channelE. parkingF. main entryG. productive garden

PLAN KEY

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: [ALL] model: bristol paper, museum board, and painted hay - [1] view from wetlands showing 3 gardens, [2] elevation view showing colored glazing, [3] approach from woods

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[1] view from main entry boardwalk [2] basswood and plywood model [3] site diagram showing old growth and replanted forest[4] wetlands at low end of the site

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The approach to the project is aligned to skirt the perimeter of the old-growth woods and insert the occupant directly into the heart of the project.

The landscape strategy is anchored by three gardens which collectively perform as a sort of outdoor classroom/case study: An ordnamental garden, an individual productive garden, and a massive agricultural garden for self sufficient food production. These are fed by a grey water collection ditch that ultimately drains to the wetlands at the low end of the site.

SKY INSTITUTE: SITE STRATEGY

A. wetland channelB. planter benchC. bridgeD. diningE. kitchenF. officeG. sleeping loftH. parking

PLAN KEY

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: [1] plan, [2] & [3] model: bristol paper, museum board, [4] model: basswood, [5] & [6] sections

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CRITIC: William TilsonSITE: Calhoun County, Florida

The Wetlands House is comprised of two interdependent structures: a low space for entertaining and a narrow tower for privacy and sleep. It occupies a sloping site facing a stretch of wetlands in Calhoun County, Fl.

The house works with Florida’s hot/humid climate with a series of passive strategies. The house minimizes enclosed, conditioned space to 800 sq. feet. Living areas are kept low and thoroughly shaded, but open to cross-ventilation. The direction and control of water and on-site runoff retention are fundamental drivers of the design.

WETLANDS HOUSE

CRITIC: Lisa IwamotoSITE: Berkeley, California

An exploration of digital fabrication techniques in collaboration with Christopher DeHenzel, Ileana Acevedo, Bryan Allen, and Roxanne Levy [Team BAMF], the ‘thunderdome’ is a shaded space to watch matches of Kubb, a nordic lawn game played by occupants of Wurster hall.

The folded plate structural diagram is reinterpreted as a structural skin. Parametric form-finding in Grasshopper, in conjunction with stress/strain analysis using Autodesk ALGOR, enabled us to adequately estimate the structural behavior of the structure prior to assembly.

V IKING GAME THUNDERDOME

Autodesk ALGOR stress/strain analysis - yellow = stress/strain

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3 pop rivets per tab

enlargement showing overlapping tabs: 1 overlap per panel.

CUTFILE FOR LASER CUTTING:16 bands * 5X panels per band = 80 panelsfrom 2’ by 4’ HDPE

DIGITAL CEMENTCOLLABORATION: Rael-San Fratello ArchitectsSITE: 2010 Biennial of the Americas, Denver, Colorado

Research in 3D printing with cement, Digital Cement is the culmination of work completed while at Rael-San Fratello Architects. This project was later presented at the Biennial of the Americas, 2010.

We envisioned the exhibition as a landscape of various formal/material explorations, ambiguously scaled and occupied. Intersperesed across this table are the implements of the research, the exhibit tells the story of the objects’ making.

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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT:

[1] speculative 3D printed architecture, embedded in cement within laser-cut acrylic boves, [2] view of the exhibition table showing research tools and implements[3] table layout diagram[4] exhibition at the 2010 Biennial of the Americas

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: [1] plan, [2] section perspective, [3] site plan diagrams showing slope aspect facing (from left): (0-5) degrees from south, due south to due west, (0-30) degrees south to west

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H ILL HOUSINGCRITIC: Francisco Pardo & Zac RockettSITE: Scribe Winery, Sonoma, California

This proposal for visitor and worker housing at a winery in Sonoma County, CA implements an algorithm to select a site and aggregate a series of subtly varied dwelling units.

The algorithm begins by parcelizing the landscape and evaluating aspect and cardinal orientation. South facing, steeply sloped parcels are converted public plazas for their excellent solar exposure, an innovative stepped typology is used to take advantage of this condition moving down the slope.

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COLLABORATION: Fox + BearSITE: Chicago, Illinois

A proposed visitor’s center and sauna for Ping Tom Park in Chicago, Dam[n] the Chicago River seeks to sensationalize the polluted waters of the river while simultaneously cleaning them and providing an urban spa and swimming hole.

Diversion of the river from its present, channelized course recreates the historic flow of the river in this section. Along this historic flow, a wetland provides filtration and remediation for the water that passes through.

Once the water reaches Ping Tom Park, an architectural insertion provides a public viewing area of the river along with a spa and swimming area fed from the wetland.

DAM[N] THE CHICAGO RIVER

CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: [1] view looking towards the loop, [2] & [3] site plans, [4] section perspective

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DIAGRAMS: FROM TOP

[1] the project site is located at the confluence of the Chicago River, an iconic Railbridge, a Public Park, and undeveloped land.

[2] the proposal redirects some of the river to create a filtering wetland

[3] the form is modified to create a barrier between wetland and river

[4] the clean water is channeled to supply a swimming hole and sauna

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A. entry from Ping Tom ParkB. lobbyC. coatroomD. restroomE. water quality stationF. laboratoryG. public viewing areaH. saunaI. clean-water swimming areaJ. existing railbridge

PLAN KEY

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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT:

[1] section perspective showing towers and connecting infrastructure

[2] view at night

[3] generative diagram showing point based formal logic. Cellular density corresponds to typical particulate density for a given strata of air.

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COLLABORATION: BIOMSSITE: Tianjin, China

Proposed for the city of Tianjin, this speculative reinvention of the skyscraper was a Finalist in the Evolo 2010 skyscraper competition.

Envisioned as an urban lung, the Detoxification Tower is driven by a formal logic that attempts to scale air-pollution scrubbing building technology to densities of particulate matter at different atmospheric strata. Through interconneection with existing infrastructure and the creation of interlinkages with other Detoxification Towers, this project imagines a vast network working in concert to purify the air of some of the world’s most polluted cities.

DETOXIFICATION TOWERS

DANCE STUDIOCLOCKWISE FROM TOP:

[1-3] views of a dam during high rainy season in Jalisco state[4] view of the proposal from the reservoir, looking towards the bull fighting ring[5-7] sketches showing development of the design

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CRITIC: Alfonso PerezSITE: San Martin de las Cañas, Jalsico, Mexico

This design for a dance studio is programmatically targeted to encourage more young people to remain in San Martin de las Cañas, a small town which has encouraged a rapid exodus of young people to nearby, cosmpolitan Gudalajara.

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

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A. entry stairB. patioC. atriumD. open-air catwalkE. athletics fieldF. hardscapeG. swale

PLAN KEY

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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GH. main studioI. secondary studioJ. bull-fight viewing

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The design was developed through a series of urban analytical mappings of water. The Dance Studio is equal parts practice and performance space, raised high above the muddy and steep topography of a nearby bull fighting ring and reservoir.

Below the Dance Studio, an elevated exterior boardwalk gives citizens of San Martin a dry and protected route to and from the reservoir.

DANCE STUDIO: CONFIGURATION

A. road to GuadalajaraB. pedestrian tunnelC. bull fighting ringD. project site: Dance StudioE. athletics fieldF. swaleG. reservoir

SITE PLAN KEY

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